Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : [Abingdon], to John Skilton, [1959] Feb. 5.

BIB_ID
302100
Accession number
MA 4784.20
Creator
Masefield, John, 1878-1967.
Display Date
[1959] Feb. 5.
Credit line
Bequest of Mr. John Davis Skilton, Jr., 1992.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 20 cm
Notes
Address panel with stamp and postmark.
Part of a large collection of letters and papers related to John Masefiled. See collection-level record for more information.
Year and location of writing from postmark.
Provenance
Bequest of Mr. John Davis Skilton, Jr. in 1992.
Summary
Thanking him for "the thrilling bundle of types." Mentioning that he "cannot see well enough to type swiftly with accuracy," but noting that he greatly enjoys "looking at and comparing founts of type & imagining the lay-out of verses in them." Regretting that he will be unable to travel to America.